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Praveen Ravishankaran1, G Mohan2, A Srinivasan2, G Ravindran2, A Ramalingam2.
Abstract
This is a case report about a 35 year old man admitted with complains of obstructed left sided inguinal hernia. On exploration of the left inguinal canal to our surprise a normal appendix was found in addition to a gangrenous omentum. Resection of the gangrenous omentum was done. Appendectomy was done. This case is reported for its rare occurance as only three such cases of left sided amyand's hernia has been reported so far in literature[4-6].Entities:
Keywords: Amyand’s hernia; Obstucted inguinal hernia; appendix
Year: 2010 PMID: 24426441 PMCID: PMC3689370 DOI: 10.1007/s12262-010-0223-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Surg ISSN: 0973-9793 Impact factor: 0.656